Course Title: Work effectively with clients with complex alcohol and/or other drugs issues

Part A: Course Overview

Program:
C5289

Course Title:
Work effectively with clients with complex alcohol and/or other drugs issues

Portfolio:
DSC

Nominal Hours:
75.0

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the
relative teaching time and student effort required to
successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may
include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also
the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and
complete all assessment requirements, including any
non-classroom activities.

This course describes the knowledge and skills required to provide a range of services to meet the needs of clients who may have alcohol and other drugs (AOD) issues, which may be combined with other issues

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

CHCAOD510A Work effectively with clients with complex alcohol and/or other drugs issues

This course will be assessed via a number of class based and work-integratedtasks. To be deemed competent in this course you will be required to demonstrateyour skills knowledge and attitude through -

case study - you will be placed into a small working group and assessed on yourability to case manage a fictitious client over the duration of the course

assessment and screening tool - in your small working group you will be require to develop an assessment tool which will provide you with the information required to develop an effective treatment-recovery plan for your case study client